Nofima (The Norwegian Institute of Food, Fisheries and Aquaculture Research) – A Norwegian applied...

Nofima (The Norwegian Institute of Food, Fisheries and Aquaculture Research) – A Norwegian applied research institute

Dr. Torbjørn ÅsgårdDirector of research

[email protected]

www.nofima.no

mailto:[email protected]

Business idea • Nofima focus on value creation across traditional sector

boundaries – Aquaculture and fisheries– Food industry

• Agro based industry• Seafood industry

– Ingredients• Nofima provides applied research and services based upon

customer needs• Nofima is working by engaging research teams in problem

solutions• Nofima has an international profile and is actively involved in EU

projects

Political decision 2005:Appointed an expert group which should suggest reorganization of blue (marine) and green (agri.) research

• They suggested:

Make a blue - green synergy in research

Avoid unnecessary competition between public institutes

Separate research for business development and research for public administrative purposes - independence

Efficient utilisation of research facilities and infrastructure

Nofima is created through a merger of several applied research organisations January 1st 2008

Nofima AS – organization

Shareholders:

• Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs 56,8 %

• The Agricultural Food Research Foundation 33,2 %

• Akvainvest, Møre og Romsdal 10 %

Nofima is organized in business units

CEOØyvind Fylling-Jensen

Business UnitNofima Marin

Business UnitNofima Food

Business UnitNofima Ingredients

Corporate staff•Finance•Communication•Administration

Business UnitNofima Market

Nofima•450 employees•Revenue: approx. € 54 millLocations in Norway: •HQ in Tromsø•Research activities in:Tromsø, Bergen, Stavanger, Ås, Sundalsøra, Averøy

Organization

Nofima provides research and technology service along the value chain – independent of raw materials

Raw materialtraits HoReCaProduction

Retail

Applied Technology

Service

Logistics

Consumerscience

PackagingProductdevelopment

Cereals

Marine

Animal

Vegetables/fruit

Diary

Cross functionalresearch teams

takes a holistic approachto problem solution

Raw materials

Ingredients

Aquaculture research through the value chain

Efficiency, quality and food safety

Raw material

Fish feed

Brood stockand eggs

Fresh water phase

Sea water phase

Slaughter and processing

Market andconsumer

Nofima serves several national objectives

Applied researchand knowledge

gathering

Innovation andindustry development

Education, communication

and knowledge transfer

Nofima work in line with the national research priorities

Internationalization(Focus on EU, North-America, China and Japan)

Basic research (with focus on quality and leadership within all areasbut a key focus on mathematics and related science)

Innovation and Entrepreneurship(both in public and private sector with focus on knowledge based research)

Structuralresearchobjectives

Thematic

Technologies

Energy andEnvironment

Aquaculture Food Health

ICTNew materials andnanotechnology

Biotechnology

The independent research industry represent an asset to the industry and the society

• An objective knowledge supplier with integrity (no other products than knowledge)

• Offer a systematic approach and system to solving problems, gather new knowledge and testing important hypothesis

• Deep competence in our fields of expertise• A tool for public/private funding of innovation and development• An efficient agent within the complex research and knowledge

sector

Extend hypothesis and search for underlying mechanisms

More fundamental knowledge

Development and implementation of new tools

Increased certainty and faster evaluation of causalities

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Interaction between research and industry

From basic research to application

Basic competence building and research• Long term projects – 1-5 years• Public funded

Research projects with industry participation• Long term projects – 1-3 years• Public/private funding

Contract research• Project duration of 0,3 – 1 year• Private funding (often included public incentives)

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Nofima Marin

What we are and what we do…

Nofima Marin AS – organization

Sources of Funding Nofima Marin 2009

Contract work(Industry, EU7FWP,Regional, Innovation Norway)

Basic Funds(The Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs, The Norwegian Research Council)

Strategic & Basic Projects(The Norwegian Research Council)

Other (1,6%)

39,2%

33,2%25,9%

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Breeding and Genetics

Goal:• Establish and improve breeding programmes that will provide

profitability in the aquaculture industry


Breeding and Genetics

Quantitative Genetics / Molecular Genetics• Advance desired characteristics such as disease resistance,

growth, feed utilisation and muscle quality• Selection through genetic analysis, identification of genetic

markers for desired characteristics and family origin

Statistical analyses and models• Develop models for breeding values


Seafood – process and product development

Goal:• Better raw material handling and production methods in order to

achieve improved quality


Seafood – process and product development

Raw material properties• What significance the raw material’s composition has on further production

Slaughtering and handling of raw materials• Quality assessments with respect to catch damages, slaughtering methods

and catch handling

Processing and product quality• The properties and development of different product types in accordance

with consumer expectations

Health aspects of seafood• Positive health effects owing to the seafood’s unique content of proteins,

fatty acids, minerals and vitamins


Fish health and marine bioprospecting

Goals:• Better health and welfare

for farmed fish• Utilisation of unknown

properties in marine organisms


Fish health and marine bioprospecting

Vaccine development• Knowledge about pathogenic bacteria and viruses, modes of

transmission, challenge models

Immunology• Knowledge about genes involved in disease defence and

development

Environment-related diseases• The relation between farming conditions and the fish’s health

(deformations and lifestyle diseases)

Bioprospecting• Characterisation and mapping of the benefit of relevant molecules

in marine organisms• Identification of biological markers for health


Feed and nutrition

Goal:• Develop feeds according to demands from fish and consumer

based on sustainable resources and cost efficient production


Feed and nutrition

Nutritional requirements and nutritional physiology• Determine nutritional requirements and utilisation at different life stages

during the production cycle

Feed ingredients• Evaluate nutritional value of ingredients, the technical properties and

content of positive or negative components

Feed formulation and feed technology • Formulate and prepare feeds with designed nutrient content and

physical properties

Feeding and growth • Optimal feeding which gives expected growth, health, welfare and

minimal loss

Resource evaluation and environmental aspects • Sustainability aspects of ingredients, availability, stability, amounts and

price


Efficient and sustainable production

Goal:• Profitable aquaculture through optimisation and development of

aquaculture species and production


Efficient and sustainable production

Production of juveniles• Operation of the National Cod Breeding Programme, reproductive biology,

sexual maturity, broodstock, feed and nutrition

Fish welfare• Environmental preference and tolerance, social interactions, welfare

indicators, relation between welfare and health, handling

Environmental integrated production• Effect of farming activities on wild fish, escaping – reasons and effects,

diseases and infection, criteria for good locations

Capture-based aquaculture• Live catch and transport, feed and feeding, pre-slaughter recuperation

Industrial production optimisation• Feed and feeding strategies, environment, recirculation, transport, slaughter

Facilities in Tromsø

Austevoll, Bergen

Averøy

64 (5x5x5 m) + 20 (7x7x7m)

Sunndalsøra Research Station andCentre for Recirculation in Aquaculture

• Avl– Bedre tilvekst, mer fisk på samme areal/samme

vannforbruk– Bedre motstanskraft, redusert antibiotikaforbruk– Under 10 % av verdens oppdrettsfisk er basert på

avl (familieseleksjon), resten er basert på ville stammer. Systematisk avl har medført 10 % bedre tilvekst pr generasjon både for laks og tilapia.

Recirculation - Sunndalsøra

Pilot plant for meat and fish processing

Pilot plant for packaging

Consumer studiesand sensory analysis

Some of Nofimas laboratory facilities

Fish processing

Lab.

Dry lab

Biotech lab

Pilot plant

Pilot

extruder

Fish

X-ray lab

Sensory lab

Tromsø X x X x X

Sunndalsøra

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Bergen X x x

Stavanger X X X

Ås x X x X

Thank you for your attention

[email protected]

www.nofima.no

mailto:[email protected]

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